Key-pouch



' 1 s. WARNER.

KEY POUCH. APPLICTION FILED yN0V.23l 1915.

Patented Aug. 15, 1916.

f To alliahmitmay concern."

`"citizen of the; United States,'residinga t New vPhiladjelphi'a, `V in theV county f otTus'carawas and Stateo Ohio, have invented eerain ey'-v ticles are" mounted for' rotation, the keys- V:es frenar terrina; i.

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B'e i-t-'known 'that L. JAMES S. VARNER',"l .ai

new and useful I-xnprovements in Pouches, of whichl the following is aspeciii# books, and has for "one of its, objects to i-n- Y crease the eteiencyand utility of devicesoiv l this character.

I Another object ofthe inventioiiz.isj to provide a deviceof this r character wherebyl the', coaoting' pocket holding ya'irdkey supporting fastening .devices are entirely jconcealed and protectedwhen thedevice is closed.

' With these and 'other objects in view', the. .invention consists. certain novelfeatures. of construction as hereinafter-'shown and de i"scribed, and then'speflauy Pointed'out in o :tthe preferred embodiment of the inv'en- Figure 1 is a perspective viewofthe. inithe elaimsyand in the-drawings illustrative proved 'device closed-with oneV of theakeys "and the name plate or, identifieation tag eX` tended; ,Fig a longitudinal sectional' view; .'Fig. 3 is a transverse section; Eig. 4

vicepartly'open.; i The improved device. is constructed from .ends vand likewise jopen at .opp'osite sides, that is tol say one-half of the pockets open towardI onefside ofthe Vdevice and the re# maining alternate pockets at the opposite -fside.' The remaining portion of the strip of 'material constitutes al relatively long Hap, represented. as a wholeat 11.

' Inserted through portions of the 4folded or pocket portionof the device from one .side are tubular members l 12'iiiternallyv threaded, and inserted through the'remaining pocket portion of the device from the opposite side are threaded pins 13. The tubular members -12 are locatedrelati'vely near.

the ends of the pockets .and eachfprovided with an enlarged-head 14,while the pins 1 3 are likewise providedwith. enlarged heads 15,' the -heads being preferablyprovided vwithscrew driverreceivingrecesses to enf spejeificetiqh of Lettersraent.' Patented Apeiieanon' ierinqveitere3, 1 91'5., serial No. sepia,

able them to be rotated. By this means the pocket devices are firmly iconnected and at the saine ytim`e .the length ofthe fastening devices may be adjusted as' required. Thev tubularkportions 4land the'pin 13 consti.

tute pivots 'upon whichthe keys orother ar- 1 being'indicatedconventionally at 16. :Any This invention relates tokeypouchesorv ioiiequired number-.of the folds may beformed to constitute ja corresponding number of pockets, land it isno't desired, therefore, to

.liinit the-device to any speciic'number-'of Jpoekets; For the purposelof illustration the device isf shown with seven-pockets, lthreel opening toward lone side and four opening Aug. i5, ieie.

in; the-form of a name plate'or identification y-tag'indicatedat 17 and containingthe a'd-V dress 'of the. owner of the device. The flap 11-is o'siiicient length# to foldover one 's'ide and both edges of theffolde'd `portion ofthe device and likewise fold over the root or inner terminal portion of the ,dic'ated'at 18. By'this means the tionof` the device is entirelyconcealed and covered'by the 'a'p,l which likewise covers Yandconceals theheads A1&1--15 as indieated is a perspective viewof the improvedvde. .f

more 'clearly in 3.

fastening construc-u Hag, as inol e'd poril ssi iheeap tothe adjacent pei-tion ofthe aided which is visible.

-part'of the device,las indicated convention- 'ally at 19, theuter-terminal of the fastener being the only metal` portion of the devicer over-the root or inner terminal of the-body f of the flap an important feature' of' ap-pli-A -cantsp device and materially increases, the efficiencyand utility, as no' danger exists of the metal `terminalsll of the pivot'devices 'coniing in Contact with the pocket'oifv the owner e'f'the device.l

YThe improved device. is simplein construction.f can be inexpensively' manufactured of any requiredsize and of any suitable material, and readily adapted to keys of various sizes and forms and' enables the iownei` of the device to select the required key after a'slight practicewithout the neces# sity for looking at the key, thus enabling the l device yto be used in the dark as well as in the light.

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Having thus described the invention what lar member and a threaded pin engaging in is claimed as new is tthe tubular member and said tubular mem- A device of the class described constructber and pin being respectively formed With ed from a strip of flexible material a portion lateral heads at their outer ends, said fastenof which is folded into a plurality of pook ing devicesv constituting pivots for keys y ets each open at the ends and along one side Within the pockets and adjustable longitudiand the remaining portion forming a flap to nally. l p

fold around the pockets, andv fastening de- In testimony WhereofJ allix mysignature. Vices extending through the pockets and A 10 each including. an internally threaded tu'bu- JAMES S. WARNER. [L. s.] 

